Pompeii and Herculaneum Small Group Excursion from Sorrento

We had a great day from start to finish. Both sites were absolutely fascinating and our guide Amedeo, was so knowledgeable. He gave us so much information on both sites, and was very thoughtful about comfort breaks. It definitively wouldn’t have been the same if we had gone alone. Would totally recommend the tour.

Well it was a very hot day, Amedeo was continuously finding shady spots and ensuring we knew where to get water! From the meeting point to the drop off point in Sorrento, we were well taken care of. He was extremely knowledgeable and clearly passionate about sharing his expertise about Herculaneum and Pompeii with us! Thank you for a great tour!.

While I'm very glad to have finally seen Pompeii and Herculaneum, this tour felt like a long march in two parts, maybe because of the extreme heat. Our guide Leana was very informative and kept us on schedule. I was particularly grateful for the maps she handed out so I could study them later, remembering in an air conditioned room most of what we had seen. I highly recommend reading the book Lost Voices of Pompei by Jess Venner before taking the tour. It makes the place come alive when you see it.

Absolutely a day from hell! Where do u start! Pompeii - 1. Meeting point not clear enough as grouo scattered from one end of square to the other - outside restaurant with flags wherectgeyvoatkedxwoukd have been much clearer 2. Small group doubled in size at Pompeii 3. Temperatures extreme - guide kept stopping in full Sun to talk - meant to have umbrella to follow yet down a lot of time 4. Given ear pieces that kept failing as she would often get out of range she went so fast 5. Your eyes didnt get time to see anything as by the time you reached where she was discussing she was passed it so you didn’t know where she was talking about. Your eyes were more watching where you walked as opposed to where they should have been to get anything out of your. Absolute fiasco in my book - so much for archaeologist guided tour! Site huge, and mobved with people - my advice - do it yourself at leisure on a cooler day - their are drink spots yiu will get time to use and will be able to take as many photos as you like. They have maps and audio guides available. Cheaper and much more enjoyable Im sure. Be aware not much shade so take hat - heat bounces off the ruins so no relief. All artifacts in Naples Museum so better off visiting there. Herculaneum - much better and much more to see. Even has a little air conditioned museum and artifacts well worth seeing - much more enjoyable. I wouldn’t advise anyone to go on this tour, we were taken tk a shopping centre and dumped for lunch then had a forty minute wait at Herculaneum for other group to join us - that could have been used to go slower around Pompeii.

Fantastic day, Leanne our guide had great knowledge, we learnt so much and really enjoyed the whole day So much easier in a small group tour Thank you!